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HCM City (VNA) - The 2021 Tet Viet (Vietnamese Tet) Festival  kicked off at Le Van Tam Park in Ho Chi Minh City on January 21 night. Jointly organised by the municipal Department of Industry and Trade and the Vietnam Cuisine Culture Association (VCCA), the event aims to honour cultural values and cuisine, as well as customs and anecdotes during the country’s biggest traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. In his speech at the event, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ta Quang Dong highlighted the significance of the festival, expressing his hope that it will contribute to promoting tourism and economic recovery of the city. While praising departments, sectors, associations and businesses for their efforts and coordination to organise the 2021 Tet Viet Festival, Vice Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Phan Thi Thang said she believed the festival will help diversify tourism products of the city, creating a joyful atmosphere on the … [Read more...] about Tet Viet Festival opens in Ho Chi Minh City

HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) of Australia on January 22 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in tertiary education and smart city building. Sealed at a virtual ceremony, the MoU covers the two sides’ join work in the next five years with a focus on international-standard tertiary education in IT and communications, mechanical engineering-automation-AI, business management, finance, banking, tourism, health, and urban management. Per the pact, the two sides will also intensify their collaboration in conducting joint researches on green city projects; strengthening connection between their research and start-up communities for innovation ideas and technology transfer; and exchanging experience in urban planning, public transport improvement, and environmental protection. The southern economic hub and the institute has agreed to promote innovation and startups, and … [Read more...] about HCM City, Australian institute seal cooperation deal

Timen R.T. Swijtink shows participants the difference between regular coffee beans and dwarf beans -- the smaller beans used for the espresso Lacàph served at the Vietnamese Coffee Fair: Tet Edition in Ho Chi Minh City in January 2021. Photo: Linh To / Tuoi Tre News According to Swijtink, approximately 95 percent of coffee output in Vietnam is robusta, with the vast majority being industrial- and commercial-grades. … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City coffee fair offers fresh look at fine Vietnamese robusta

Politburo member and member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Trần Quốc Vượng on Friday inspected the preparations for the 13th National Party Congress, which is scheduled to begin on Monday next week at the National Convention Centre in Hà Nội. … [Read more...] about Record number of delegates to attend 13th National Party Congress in Hà Nội

Hotel Beethoven in Brussels, which is opened until February 14, is an exhibition about Beethoven, his music, his ideas and his relevance for the world heritage of music today. As an exceptional innovator, Beethoven is a perennial starting point and source of inspiration for questions and ideas about the democratic power of sound. … [Read more...] about Video exhibition to open in Hanoi next week for Beethoven’s 250th birthday